Ballard leaving MTA for Fort Worth job

12:56 PM,
Feb. 13, 2014

Ballard

Written by

Michael Cass
| mcass@tennessean.com

Metro Transit Authority CEO Paul Ballard will resign March 31 to lead the Fort Worth Transportation Authority in Texas, ending a 12-year run that has seen Nashville take several steps forward in providing - and getting people to ride - mass transit.

MTA and Fort Worth's mayor, Betsy Price, announced the move Thursday. Ballard's departure comes at a critical time for the agency, which is engaged in a high-profile push for a major new crosstown bus rapid transit project known as The Amp, which has drawn considerable opposition and faces an uncertain future.